A thousand beginnings and endings : 15 retellings of Asian myths and legends

Book

New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

328 pages ; 22 cm

Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

840L Lexile

Mythology, Asian -- Juvenile fiction.

Tales -- Asia -- Juvenile fiction.

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Folk tales.

Mythological fiction.

Oh, Ellen, editor.

Chapman, Elsie, editor.

Chokshi, Roshani. Forbidden fruit.

Wong, Alyssa. Olivia's table.

Lee, Lori M. Steel skin.

Charaipotra, Sona. Still star-crossed.

Bodard, Aliette de. Counting of vermillion beads.

Myers, E. C. (Eugene C.), 1978- Land of the morning calm.

Saeed, Aisha. Smile.

Chhibber, Preeti. Girls who twirl and other dangers.

Ahdieh, Renée. Nothing into all.

Kanakia, Naomi. Spear carrier.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.9 13

Forbidden fruit (Filipino) / by Roshani Chokshi -- Olivia's table (Chinese) / by Alyssa Wong -- Steel skin (Hmong) / by Lori M. Lee -- Still star-crossed (Punjabi) / by Sona Charaipotra -- Counting the vermillion beads (Vietnamese) / by Aliette De Bodard -- The Land of the Morning Calm (Korean) / by E. C. Myers -- The smile (South Asian) / by Aisha Saeed -- Girls who twirl and other dangers (Gujarati) / by Preeti Chhibber -- Nothing into all (Korean) / by Renee Ahdieh -- Spear carrier (South Asian) / by Rahul Kanakia -- Code of honor (Filipino) / by Melissa De La Cruz -- Bullet, butterfly (Chinese) / by Elsie Chapman -- Daughter of the Sun (South Asian) / by Shveta Thakrar -- The Crimson cloak (Chinese) / by Cindy Pon -- Eyes like candlelight (Japanese) / by Julie Kagawa.

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